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Friday nights are alive & well on Valencia: Dirt bikes in Dolores, "Pink Pony Club" blasting in bars, late-night pupusas from Panchitas. The old-timers, summer interns, sweaty dancers—we spent a late-night on the strip, chronicling Mission nightlife. missionlocal.org/2024/08/friday…

Leaving this here. Pls like and share 🥺 youtube.com/watch?v=6InVMG…

A "Sustainable Square Mile" Tests the Power of Biden's Billions for Climate Justice — can $3 billion in hyperlocal funding for environmental justice create lasting change? via adam mahoney (he/him) for In These Times inthesetimes.com/article/justic…

real journalism is back

For WIRED : Ensuring the RSV vaccine gets to those who need it means understanding vaccine confidence and hesitancy. I spoke to doctors and experts researching this in places like San Francisco, Bangladesh and Kenya. wired.com/story/making-a…

TikTok admits in their own research: “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety.” npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s…

For years, I’ve heard/read of the horrors of Angola Prison, America’s largest & deadliest. Last month, I visited the place, a former slave plantation. I was there… for a rodeo. My latest on the sacrifices that American culture forces on Black folks. capitalbnews.org/angola-prison-…

brilliant

1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently looking at Pete Hegesth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted. First stop: West Point.

one of the most interesting things i’ve read this year harvardpublichealth.org/mental-health/…

Consider: There were 133 murders in SF in 1993. Two decades later, that number is down to 30-something (33 year to date), despite a much bigger population. Some pine for a "past" of perceived order and safety. But it's worth keeping everything in perspective.

that our industry can’t seem to say clearly in headlines that Israel is occupying Syria is journalistic malpractice. Language in the body of the story is more clear

The jury in the murder trial of Nima Momeni, accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee, has reached a verdict. We’ll hear it tomorrow morning in open court, check back then for an update.

NEWS: Yesterday, LA Sheriff Robert Luna said at least 20 people had been arrested on "suspicion" of looting during the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, but according to booking data, just 7 people were actually charged, including 3 Black teenagers.

A lot of fear and anxiety among immigrant communities (and for good reason) about Trump's "Day One" immigration activities and with that comes a lot of misinformation (even if well intentioned, it is still misinformation). 1. 200 ICE officers conducting a planned multi-city

NEW: The acting head of the U.S. immigration court system, along with three other key leaders, were fired soon after the Trump administration took office on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Thousands of migrants had been waiting for months in Mexico to receive a CBP One appt, a legal immigration path Trump ended yesterday. The wait in unsanitary, crowded migrant camps took a toll on adults and youth alike. My previous reporting: harvardpublichealth.org/mental-health/…

México-based journalist Annika Hom explores how a lack of clinical guidelines and other information about Long COVID contributes to challenges Mexicans with the disease face in getting care. bit.ly/3Qmwy77

Press freedom is under attack nationally, but this is a reminder: Mission Local is a nonprofit, with no billionaire owner and no business venture other than reporting the news. We're reader-supported, and you can help us stay that way: missionlocal.org/support-our-pu…

There's only one single-family house in the ultra-urban Tenderloin: A tiny, brick home belonging to Robo Gerson. It once had Alcatraz-themed jail cells in the basement—a draw for tourists. Now, Gerson has put his own touch on it. by Eleni Balakrishnan missionlocal.org/2025/02/sf-sto…